Githinji Gitahi

Githinji was born on 7 August 1970 in Othaya Village, Nyeri County, Kenya. In 1996, he graduated from University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Medicine and surgery and a Masters degree of Business Administration in Marketing from United States International University (on going).[7][8] He holds a Certificate for Strategic Perspective for Non Profit Management from Harvard University.[9]

Githinji has worked both in public and private sector in various positions such as a medical officer and Quality Manager at Avenue Group (1996-2000), as a Medical Services Manager at Madison Insurance Limited (2000-2001), as a medical Medical Marketing Manager and Group Product Manager for Panadol and Hedex at Glaxo SmithKline(2001-2004),[10] as a Marketing Manager at Glaxo SmithKline East Africa (2005-2006)[11] as the Head of Marketing Expert Relations at Glaxo SmithKline Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East (October 2006-August 2007).[1][12]

From August 2006 to 2009, Dr Gitahi was the Managing Director for Monitor Publications Limited in Uganda as well as General Manager for Marketing and Circulation in East Africa for the Nation Media Group(August 2009-December 2011). Between March 2008 to December 2001, he held senior positions at GlaxoSmithKline and worked at the Avenue Group.[1] Dr. Githinji currently serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Amref Health Africa since June 2015.[6][13] He is co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee.[8] He has presented as a speaker at Medical conferences both inside and outside Africa like Health Systems Global Sympousium 2018,[14] Health & Climate Change conference 2019.[7][12]

Dr. Githinji previously served as a member of the Private Sector Advisory Board of Africa CDC and of the World Health Organization's Community Health Worker Hub.[8] He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Standard Group and holds Board member positions in Amref Health Africa.[11][15] He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Safaricom Foundation[16][17][4] as well a member of the Governing Board of the Africa Centre's for Disease Control and prevention (Africa CDC) as well a Board Member of Women Lift and Safaricom Foundation.[18][3][19][20]

On 12 December 2018, Githinji was awarded a presidential commendation of Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear in recognition for his contribution to the health sector at Amref Health Africa.[1][21][22]

Githinji is a brother to Stephen Kiama the Vice Chancellor at University of Nairobi.[23]